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20 January 2010

The Family of David and Elizabeth Davis

One of the more interesting families in the Knowles Collection is the family of David Davisand his wife Elizabeth Lazarus. David, originally from Leeds in Yorkshire, was the Great Grandson of Rabbi Davis, the Chief Rabbi of Pumbersfelton, Bavaria. His wife, Elizabeth Lazarus, was listed as being of Birmingham.Sometime after their marriage in 1823, the couple moved to Glasgow, Scotland, where David worked as an Optician. Over the next 25 years they had fourteen children born to them. Of these, three married people from Birmingham, so it appears the ties back to England remained strong.While the story of this family is not unlike that of many others of the time, the history of the children makes this family special. The oldest son, Edward became the first Jew to be circumsized in Glasgow. This took place on 18 Jul 1824.The seventh child, a son, named Samuel Solomon Davis, was born on 3 Aug 1833. Sometime between then and and the 1860's Samuel Solomon makes his way to the United States. On 21 Jul 1861, he died in the United States Civil War. His death occured during the Battle of BullRun, which was the first major battle of the Civil War.

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I am researching this family's connections to Lazarus families of England and Ireland. I would love to know where Elizabeth Lazarus is listed as being "of Birmingham" as I'm struggling to find evidence of Lazarus families there in the early 1800s.

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From an early age I have been trying to find as much information as I could about my gggrandfather, Morris DavidRosenbaum, a Polish Jew. In my search and through my work as a Reference Consultant in the British Research unit at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, I have compiled records of The Jewish people. This collection, linking Jewish families, is available free to all. Hopefully, people will come together to share the stories of their own families.

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Jews of British Isles 228,403Jews of Europe473721Jews of North America632198Jews of South America and Caribbean21,844Jews of Africa & Orient43686Jews of South Pacific21,684

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